Read the full judgment text of CACC 000647/1979 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 10 August 1979.
1. The four appellants were convicted on the 25th May 1979 each on a separate charge "that on 5th March 1979 at a wooden hut at the roof top of No. 680-2 Nathan Road Kowloon in this Colony you had in your possession (an offensive weapon) and was unable to give a satisfactory account of your possession thereof. Contrary to section 17 of the Summary Offences Ordinance CAP 228. Sentence was passed on 8th June 1979.